For comparison on prices. In Canada the razor and amg come in around 3000-3500 dollar price range. Nxs is 2800 and change. The Schmidt's come in around 4300-4800, the Steiner mx7i comes in at 4700-5000 and the Nikon black come in at 850-1100, vortex hs is 750 range and the bushnell tactical is in the 1200-1500 dollar range. The element helix comes in at 500-550, the titan comes in at 1000-1100 and the nexus comes in at 2000. I will be receiving the titan as well hopefully next week.
Started with the nexus today.
I did a box test, vertical line test, and the aggressively mashed the turrets all over the place for 2 mins, returned them to zero and it was bang on for all tests. Tracking was perfect!
Optically/function/feel, I had it side by side with a pm ii 3-20, razor gen 2 4.5-27, and nxs 5.5-22 today. I had a target at 50 and 100, a shed at 475, a tree line from 800-1000 and a cell phone tower at 1500. So far I'm extremely pleased with it.
-As far as turret sound/click goes it in order from best to worst; razor, element, pmII and nxs
- feel ; razor, pmII, element and nxs are close
- ease of zeroing turret; element, then pmII, vortex and nxs are tied
- zero stop feels rock solid on all 4.
- setting zero stop pmII and razor, then element last nxs
Optically the it's very impressive glass for its price range. Before I put my foot in my mouth, my shooting partner will be here Thursday to get behind all 4 and a Steiner, and my sister is a professional photographer who has been using high end camera equipment for years now and I've asked her to also take a look through all of them. I know it's a different game but she has studied and focused her professional career looking for colour, clarity, CA, brightness and contrast. I'm hoping to post our opinions on glass later in the week after more time behind it.
